Meralco and USNC signed a cooperative agreement in November 2023 to study the deployment of one or more micro modular reactor systems in the Philippines.

The Indian government, earlier in 2024, issued an order applicable between May 1 and June 30 to increase power generation from gas-based power plants in anticipation of a power crunch this summer season.

"Our plan is that by the beginning of the next decade the share of Hungary's energy provided by nuclear power will be between 60 and 70 per cent."

China and France are two of the world's biggest generators of nuclear energy, with both having large-scale plans to expand capacity in the coming years.

Total Russian seaborne crude exports reached 3.9 million-4 million b/d in March and April, boosted by multi-month high shipments to India, and around the highest since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RIA news agency cited Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as saying on Wednesday.

Australia's total coking coal exports are expected to increase by 14% from 2023 levels to 171.9 million mt in 2025,

Even as China has dramatically ramped up wind and solar in recent years, its power demand, including from electric vehicles, continues to outpace new supply, creating an ever greater need for fossil fuels.

The acceptance of Sovcomflot tanker by the country’s largest refiner carries significance as it could embolden other smaller refiners to also use the Sovcomflot vessels for their oil purchases from Russia.

China has the world’s largest nuclear fleet and aims to produce 10% of its electricity from nuclear power by 2035 and 18% by 2060 to enhance energy security and advance decarbonisation goals.

Vietnam, which gets most of its power from coal, is rushing to avoid a repeat of last year, when a shortage of the mineral, blistering hot weather and drought forced it to cut electricity to northern industrial parks that house many multinational companies.

The US and Japan have a long history of collaborative activities in the area of fusion, including exchange programmes, joint research and joint planning covered by the Coordinating Committee on Fusion Energy (CCFE).

India's overall oil and gas output rose 1.3% on the year to 1.15 million boe/d in 2023. China's upstream story sounds relatively more promising at this stage.

Russia, which prior to invading Ukraine had an insignificant role in India’s oil basket, has seen exports to India swell since the start of the war and consequent Western sanctions, becoming the country’s top supplier.

The opening of these research facilities and testing platforms by China to the world is expected to promote the development of nuclear technology worldwide.